Hi everyone, it’s your host Faithfulness, and today I have with me Lisa Jo from Tampa, Florida, United States. Lisa Jo is here to share more light about her musical journey, while diving into her latest project, “Whispers,” an original album released on March 21, 2026. In Lisa Jo’s words, “Whispers is a culmination of songs created from my deepest pains.” This project immediately presents itself as something deeply personal and emotionally driven, especially considering the weight behind its creation. With such a powerful title and message, the timing and intention behind this release raises important questions. What does it mean to turn pain into sound? And how does Lisa Jo invite listeners to connect with these “whispers” of her experience? Let’s find out.
Welcome, Lisa Jo. Before we begin our interview, here is what you need to know about this extraordinary artist. Lisa Jo is an independent songwriter, producer, and CEO of SoundPulse Record Label LLC, based in Tampa, Florida. Known for her fearless genre fluidity, she operates under her creative imprint “Lyrics by Lisa Jo,” seamlessly blending Hip-Hop, Pop, Country, Blues, Rock, and Christian music while shaping every sonic detail alongside collaborators. Her journey is one of resilience and reinvention, transitioning from a nurse supervisor at the New York State Department of Health into a full-time creative after life-altering circumstances. With over 2,000 editorial write-ups and recognition from platforms like Dulaxi, 24Hip-Hop, and Plastic Magazine, Lisa Jo has rapidly established herself as one of the most multifaceted voices in modern independent music, with growing international attention and momentum.
Lisa Jo’s music is rooted in lived experience. After battling blood and bone marrow cancer, losing her husband unexpectedly, and enduring the loss of multiple close family members within a short period, she found herself navigating unimaginable grief while still caring for her sisters. At her lowest point, a song lyric, “God, don’t give up on me yet… I know I’m not your best bet, but I’m trying,” became a turning point that reignited her will to keep going. From that moment, she began creating relentlessly, transforming pain into purpose. In just a few months, she has released over 50 songs, built a following of more than 180,000 supporters, and attracted significant industry interest. “Whispers” stands as a culmination of that journey, a body of work that captures healing, survival, and the quiet strength found in continuing forward.
Having this brief Introduction, I’m sure new and current fans must be excited about our Interview today.
INTERVIEW
Faithfulness: Your journey from a nurse supervisor to a full time artist is powerful. At what moment did music stop being an escape and become your purpose?
Lisa Jo: the day my mom died in my arms in my home, September 4th. She always loved to hear me sing and hear my songs, right before she died she asked me again to try putting my music out there.
Faithfulness: You have endured unimaginable loss and still chose to create. How have those experiences reshaped the way you see yourself as both a person and an artist?
Lisa Jo: Honestly I can’t verbalize an answer to this. All the loss has left me feeling left behind in a world I no longer recognize, fit into, or belong in… music is my 24/7 focus to help pass the time until I can finally be with my people again.
Faithfulness: Running your own label while creating across multiple genres is no small feat. What drives your fearless approach to being completely independent?
Lisa Jo: Ive always been fearless and always been either in top positions or self employed, regardless… independent, mostly because my personality is such that I automatically control the roomfull of people I find myself in, I am authoritarian by mature and wouldn’t work well under anyone elses authority.
Faithfulness: With your writing identity as “Lyrics by Lisa Jo,” what does songwriting allow you to express that everyday conversation never could?
Lisa Jo: Actually that doesn’t apply. Atleast not anymore. i lived by a suffocating filter my entire life, so careful to say or do what everyone else expected of me. But when I felt the libertyof pushing the filter aside without backlash or consequence, aI quickly applied the no filter version of me to my every day life.
Faithfulness: Your story has already earned global recognition and critical praise. How do you stay grounded while your journey continues to expand so rapidly?
Lisa Jo: many years ago I had developed a denial mindset. I had to, it was surval…. If you can deny a painful event well enough, then there is no pain because it didn’t or isn’t real. At the same time, good things never happened to or for me so I would avoid good things to avoid the letdown that always followed any ‘blessing’ so it is my mindset to brush off all the positive feedback and say yeah yeah yeah, blah blah …. Even with like this.
Faithfulness: “Whispers” is described as a culmination of your deepest pains. What emotions were hardest to confront while bringing this album to life?
Lisa Jo: the passingof my mom in Fading Whispers, I wrote while watching her slowly fade rade away from me as I cared for her the last 8 weeks of her of her life on hospiece in a hospital bed in my house: and in Whispers from Heaven. Also in the song Whispers of silence because within that song I folded all of my chhildhood pain, hardships of my 30 year mentally abusive marriage, along with all the pain of losing my next husband of 6 perfect years, sister, brother, dad, mom, cousins, and my 3 lifelong best friienfs, all in the past 2 years
Faithfulness: Was there a particular moment or song during the creation of “Whispers” where you felt a real sense of healing begin?
Lisa Jo: whispers of song and whispers of worship
Faithfulness: The title “Whispers” feels intimate and almost fragile. What does that word represent in the context of your story and this body of work?
Lisa Jo: I guess to me it was 3 things… 1. The fact that my pain meant zero to everyone around me, they turned their backs to what I was going through so they could continue with their impossibly high expectations of me, so I got used to choking everything down inside
2) Because society frowns on anyone ‘airing personal business or emotions publicly’ so I did it in whispers…
3) Because if you speak loudly people get annoyed and block out what you are saying, but if the same people catch on that you are whispering something, they lean in and strain to hear what you are saying.
Faithfulness: You mentioned a life changing moment triggered by hearing a song. How did that experience influence the emotional direction of this album?
Lisa Jo: I had been shutting down, giving up, not getting out of bed, not eating, just crying constant for weeks following my husband’s death. I was extremely suicidal. My oldest son was trying to nudge me back into the land of the living but I kept crying and told him everyday i try to put one foot in front of the other, create a new life, but that i could not think of a reason… any reason… to keep living. He sent me the song ‘Yet’ after we hung up. First time I had heard it…. It was a woman, her voice carried the weight of a brooken person that had given up on herself, so she was talkig to God and asking him not to give up on her…. When I heard the sad, lost words….. and heard her say she dont see a reason… instantly I related. I guess this song gave me the strength to leep living. And it made me realize it is okay to not be okay, and it’s okay to sing yourself through it… or the album would nit exist today. And likely I wouldn’t either
(Lyrics taken from “Yet”👇🏼)
“I know I’ve come so far
But got so far to go
And with these brand-new scars and
This broken heart
It′s hard to really know
If there’s a reason
And if I′ll ever see it
But I wanna believe it
So, don’t give up on me yet
Faithfulness: Creating over 50 songs in such a short time is extraordinary. How did you maintain emotional authenticity without becoming overwhelmed in the process?
Lisa Jo: I just did as I had to, as each intense emotionn surfaced, I created a song that documented that pain…
Faithfulness: Your music spans multiple genres. How did you decide the sonic direction for “Whispers”, and did certain sounds feel more natural for expressing your pain?
Lisa Jo: it literally was just a matter of emotional response
Faithfulness: Knowing this album came from such a personal place, was there ever a point where sharing it felt too vulnerable?
Lisa Jo: Every single day…. I felt that when I published my memoir too, but it made me stronger and filled me with a sense of freedom from the guilt and shame that destroyed my soul as a result of long held secrets
Faithfulness: As listeners experience “Whispers”, what do you hope they feel in their own darkest moments while hearing your story unfold?
Lisa Jo: that its okay ti not be okay, that they are not alone, that they are understood, that their feelings are real and validated, but that they also need to know it is not a permanent frame of heart, its just a season, and seasons are cyclic…. The pain will fade, but likely will be back, when and how it needs to heal in layers rather than a single overdose of pain that you couldn’t numb
Faithfulness: Looking ahead, do you see “Whispers” as a closing chapter of pain, or the beginning of a new phase in your journey?
Lisa Jo: As I said in my last response, the pain will never heal, the world has a misconception that the kind of pain carried after a life like mine cam be healed with time or counseling… meaning all better, case closed, put in the past to stay… ummm no, the real description of healing this kind of pain, is learning to cope with the re-occuring visitation of that pain for the rest of my life, and learning some coping skills that somehow decrease the pain’s intensity when those skills are capable, and understanding that there will always be another extremely painful moment when those coping skills are ineffective, and somehow getting through it again and again without taking your own life in those moments.
Faithfulness: If someone out there is on the edge of giving up, just like you once were, what would you want your music and your story to say to them?
Lisa Jo: that when you have given up on yourself, reach out… to God, or a friend, famiily member… someone because theres always someone who hasnt given up on you despite you giving up on yourself, and that in our weakest moment, it is not just okay, but God’s plan that we lean on the strength of someone else, because someday your story of suffering, not just may be, definitely will be, someone else’s saving grace
CHECK OUT THE RELEASE OF ‘Whispers’
HAVING LISTENED TO ‘Whispers’, HERE ARE MY HONEST THOUGHTS
Lisa Jo’s “Whispers” is a 39-minute immersive project shaped by restraint, emotional precision, and meditative minimalism, unfolding as a continuous sonic narrative rather than a collection of separate pieces. Built on soft piano lines, ambient pads, delicate string textures, and spacious reverb, the release creates an intimate yet distant soundscape where silence carries as much weight as sound. Its seamless transitions blur structural boundaries, allowing emotional states to evolve fluidly rather than shift abruptly, while the carefully controlled production emphasizes space, patience, and tonal subtlety rooted in minor-to-warm harmonic movement. Lisa Jo’s disciplined vocal approach, defined by breath-led phrasing and restrained dynamics, deepens the reflective atmosphere, reinforcing themes of internal dialogue and quiet resilience. Emerging from lived experiences of loss, trauma, and endurance, “Whispers” ultimately stands as a deeply personal expression of survival and self-reclamation, closing not with resolution but with a sustained sense of continuation and emotional awareness.
~ Faithfulness (Dulaxi Team)
Finally to our audience, I urge to listen to “Whispers“, add it to your playlist and be Inspired by it and on behalf of Dulaxi I like to appreciate you all by saying thank you everyone, See you on our next interview.
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